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David Letterman

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David Letterman

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Also known as David Michael Letterman, Earl Hofert

American comedian and television host

OverviewAI-generated

David Letterman is an American artist associated with pop and rock genres. He began his work period in 1974 and has used the pseudonym Earl Hofert. His net worth is listed as 400,000,000. He has 866,000 social media followers.

Letterman is the author of works including *The 20th Birthday of the Comedy Store*, *David Letterman's New Book of Top Ten Lists*, *David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists*, *Still Standing...*, and *Late night with David Letterman*. He has a work count of 14 in some records and 5 in others. He is referenced by 1,317 other encyclopedia articles.

In music databases, he is categorized as a group from the United States. He has 3,162 listeners and a playcount of 5,096. A quote attributed to him is, "Don't confuse cancellation with failure. Although this is also a failure."

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

  • The 20th Birthday of the Comedy Store
  • David Letterman's New Book of Top Ten Lists
  • David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists
  • Still Standing...
  • Late night with David Letterman

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
1958
poprock

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,162
Total plays
5,096

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/David+Letterman">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    · 2021 · cited 85,293x

  2. Basic local alignment search tool

    · 1990 · cited 80,871x

  3. The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

    · 1986 · cited 63,648x

  4. Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error

    · 1981 · cited 63,511x

  5. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

    · 2009 · cited 58,766x

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Quotes

  • “Mia Hamm: So we walk in to the sorority house and they're (their families and friends) just ripped. I mean they're going nuts.David Letterman: Wow I like the sound of this already; the female soccer team in the sorority house. Noow we're gettin' somewhere.”
  • “All right, that's pretty much all I got. The only thing I have left to do, for the last time on a television program: Thank you and good night.”
  • “It's interesting about life. You learn things over that you already learned. And then you forget, because you're drawn to the mundane so you can't be sucked into the reality, the drama, and the ugliness that can be provided by life. So, you're drawn toward the mundane.”
  • “Don't confuse cancellation with failure. Although this is also a failure.”

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Encyclopedic overview

David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television history.

Letterman is also a television and film producer. His company, Worldwide Pants, produced his shows as well as The Late Late Show and several primetime comedies, the most successful of which was the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Several late-night hosts have cited Letterman's influence, including Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers (each of whom succeeded Letterman on Late Night), Stephen Colbert (his successor on The Late Show), Jimmy Kimmel, and Jon Stewart. Since 2018, he has hosted the Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Letterman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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